Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Berkeley took no official stance for or against. Moratorium sympathizers mobilized a wide segment of the political spectrum in their community, from McCarthyites to various radical groups. The Women for Peace will toll church bells all day long to commemorate the war dead; others are planning vigils at draft boards and induction centers. Speakers invited to address a mass rally include Coretta King, Dr. Benjamin Spock and Wayne Morse. The Berkeley City Council voted 5 to 4 to support the goals of the moratorium but decided against closing down city hall...
...could be moral. Almost half advocated the immediate unilateral withdrawal of American forces. As a group, the freshmen were extremely pessimistic about the chances of an early peace: 94% said that they expect the war to continue for another year or more. On the related issue of the draft, three-quarters of the students said that the present system of conscription is unfair; a majority would like to see the draft abolished in favor of a volunteer army...
...John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Eugene McCarthy. Among leaders now active, they approve of McCarthy, Senator Edmund Muskie, Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes, Eldridge Cleaver and-of all people-Richard Nixon. Apparently convinced that he is sincerely trying to end the war and reform the draft, two out of three freshmen expressed respect for the President. But given the capacity of small student minorities to disrupt campuses and bedevil presidents, that vote of confidence in Nixon is unlikely to cause euphoria in the White House...
...trained protectors of people in trouble, lawyers often specialize in certain kinds of clients, ranging from injured motorists to businessmen fending off regulatory agencies. Now the law has a new specialist: the lawyer whose role is to prevent young men from being drafted unfairly. Most of the draft lawyers are young men in big cities who oppose the Viet Nam war and work for modest fees-though some charge as much as $3,000 for a case that goes to court. All disclaim any intention of counseling their clients to evade the draft, a federal crime that carries a five...
...Draft lawyers are quick to defend their motives. Many feel that peacetime conscription is unjust, unnecessary and unAmerican. They are convinced that draft boards are often callous, bureaucratic, discriminatory-and usually ignorant of the law. Under the circumstances, they argue, a young man is perfectly justified in hiring a lawyer to protect his rights...